Help to put China under pressure;

This is a chance for the UK government to raise concerns directly with China’s government. China is already under pressure following a statement condemning their “deteriorating” human rights record at the UN this March and a damning review from the UN Committee Against Torture last November.

The Committee agreed with evidence submitted by Free Tibet and other human rights groups that the “practice of torture and ill-treatment is still deeply entrenched in the criminal justice system”.

This is an opportunity for the UK to press for action. Please send an email to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office to ask them to ensure that torture in Tibet is high on the agenda for the meeting.

New dates for our UK speaker tour

Our Blood on the Snows tour with Tibet Watch begins this month. Our speakers will tell of the unbreakable spirit of Tibetan resistance, ongoing from 1959 to the present day in the face of China’s brutal repression. We can now confirm dates for Norwich (Thursday 7 April) and London (Saturday 9 April) as well as events in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Corsham, Cardiff and York: view details on Tibet Watch’s website.